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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 10:16 AM) Not at all. Pitching in important games should be more important than meaningless ones. It is kind of common sense to me. I agree with you. Pitching in pressureless meaningless games just isn't important and I'm not giving the Cy Young or MVP to someone who racked up the stats on a garbage team (unless they are that much better than the competition).

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Sep 19, 2016 -> 09:14 AM) This is so true, last week I thought the Bears had a nice 1st half and in the 2nd half just got out-talent'd so they deserved to lose but they put up a fight. After watching Smith get pummeled yesterday it made last weeks game look even better, I think they win tonight. I hope they win.

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QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Sep 16, 2016 -> 07:34 AM) Why was the link in the quoted post changed? He gawn!

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 16, 2016 -> 06:42 AM) Yea, he has shown that he can provide stability for #1 overall QB picks lol. Now I should point out, that is what "they" the Rams obviously must think. Not what Chisoxfn thinks. That said, in general, I am a big believer of surrounding a young player with stability, which is why if I'm drafting a QB #1 overall, I'm making sure whomever I have as his coach / OC are going to be there for a few years. You can't just cut the cord immediately. Heck, Tampa Bay went so far as to fire their HC to ensure their OC wouldn't get away from Winston (because they valued that consistency so much).

They had been talking all of training camp that an extension was in the works. I presume they weren't going to let one game ruin whatever they had already decided. They obviously view stability as key for the young QB and think Fisher is the right guy there. I agree that you need to have a lot of stability so a young QB comes up in one system and is able to really get ingrained in one offense, but man, Fisher has kind of proven he is what he is.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 15, 2016 -> 02:07 PM) I doubt there would be talent consessions but monetary seems possible, but unlikely. More likely - draft pick penalties vs pads and front office penalties. I absolutely think they could require that the Padres sent back certain players in the trade or even unwind the trade (if the other team involved wanted to). They could also force cash penalties to the teams involved and/or force Padres to exchange draft picks. The teams who were on the other side of the deal were directly impacted because information was allegedly withheld, which implies, the teams may not have made the same trades had they been provided with the appropriate information.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 15, 2016 -> 01:04 PM) Didn't the Sox say Aaron Rowand played a part in the acquisition? Wouldn't he know if Shields was taking advil and doing stuff for his back? There is no doubt some buyer's remorse here, but on the other hand, the Padres apparently not playing straight with everyone, to me, should be a huge penalty. Not unlike the hacking case. Deliberately holding out information for better trades is something that should make heads roll and the team to take a huge hit either player-wise or financially with every team they exchanged players. If it is true someone ordered 2 sets of files, whoever ordered it should be in their finals days employed by a major league team. While I realize they are cousins, I wonder if Shields would be that open regarding some of that information and what would Aaron Rowand be actually willing to share / share. I actually hadn't realized they were cousins until you made the post (and I decided to google it). I agree that the Padres should take a pretty significant hit for this (if it proves to be true). And by big hit, each team should essentially have right to undo trade with other repercussions and Padres should also be penalized.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 12:16 PM) While I do think your idea is terrible, welcome to Soxtalk! ? Saladino is a wizard in the infield and played there his whole life. I say let him be If we want to play Tyler in the outfield, I presume it is in that super utility role. That said, Tyler brings a ton of surplus value based upon his defensive value within the infield, so while putting him elsewhere can provide roster flexibility, we get the best overall value playing him at the premiere positions that he plays well above average defense (3B / SS / 2B). I think Tyler is an underapperciated guy that should be a cost-controlled starter. It would be great if he was a super bench guy who got plenty of at bats playing a variety of infield positions, but that would presume we had above average players at 3B / SS / 2B and that really isn't the case in full. I'd rather give at bats to Tyler than I would Lawrie and I'd even be open to having Tyler play 3B with Frazier DH'ing or learning 1B. Tyler is too solid of a hitter and too good of a defender, to not play more often, imo, and he has shown he has better offensive tools than I think people initially suspected and he just seems / plays like a very heady player. I'm a big Saladino fan though.

I'd actually feel better if the health issue is related to Shields and there was something more that he's pitched through but is impacting him (and would have changed our decision).

QUOTE (shipps @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 07:22 AM) I have a cedar siding home and I have had a long running issue of birds pecking holes into the siding. It started on one side of the house. I patched it up and they came back leaving more holes for me to patch. I then put one of them toy hawks in the shrub to scare them away. That didnt really work because they still poked holes just not as frequently. Now they have graduated to the other side of the house and are putting holes there. I googled how to handle this issue but everything seems to be just using scare tactics which the birds dont seem to react to. Do any of you guys have any experience with this? What the hell can I do before they eat my house? Well, if I asked my wife, she would tell you to move (as she is deathly afraid of birds).

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Sep 12, 2016 -> 05:11 PM) Sounds like it was the floor that was rented out for 800-1000 fans. OU does have the fact that they know they have to run the table now to have any shot. Norman at night is a lot of fun. Big 12 needs the win, as well. --- In other news, Iowa impressed me this weekend a lot more than they did last year. Might be a better team but have a worse record. I was waiting for your Hawkeye / Clone related post. Who knows what they will do, but they absolutely took care of business.

I think we should trade Cutler to the Browns. Just saying.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Sep 12, 2016 -> 06:37 AM) Hampton basically blamed the game on them starting Whitehair. I completely disagree with him. It's the only option. He's the future. There is no better time than now. He was saying that Larsen should have started since it was on the road and against Wilfork. Ted Larsen sucks though. Kreutz said something similar. These same people would have said Larsen sucked and they should have played the rookie if it were the other way around. Coaching staff had a rough game but that outcome was determined by Houston having more good players than the Bears do. The Bears won't face another defense like that for awhile. Tough first matchup. Houston had more playmakers and won. All that said, I expect them to learn from this, but we know this team lacks playmakers, the goal is to start developing some (and we don't have a lot of guys with the potential to be one, but we do have some). Then we need to keep adding some more while building up.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 11, 2016 -> 12:48 PM) Well. Seems like we are a team that is hard to blow out because we play bend don't break defense and run a slow pace on offense, but the games aren't close because of talent. Need 2-3 more playmakers, especially at S/CB Pass rush was inconsistent and that is where it all starts, imo. We are improved on defense, but improved still just means mediocre (in the sense we have a lot more "solid" players). We don't have a special player on this defense and we need to get some of those. On offense, we have one guy who is well above average and that is Alshon (did have a costly drop). Yet, that is the guy everyone wants to run out of town.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 11, 2016 -> 11:43 AM) White having a very bad game He should have had a first down earlier in the game (the play before that 4th down where Cutler fumbled) and then that interception where he gave up was brutal. The whole game was pretty brutal on offense. Horrific oline, dropped balls, etc. Defense was okay, but still lacks playmaking (need bigger pass rush). Tackling was pretty sound by and large and at least we had one turnover.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 9, 2016 -> 11:43 AM) I know know, Chisox. Keenum has now played 16 games in the NFL. He's completed 56.7% of his passes for 3000 yards, 15tds, 9 interceptions and 8 fumbles. He is clearly better than, say, Jimmy Claussen, but that is replacement level production, not far different from Blaine Gabbert last year or Josh McCown. Goff may be worse now, but probably not THAT much worse, and to spend that much to get him, you ahve to believe he'll be better soon. But instead you are basically ensring he gets no real or practice reps, putting him at 3rd string. That's just poor Just because he is inactive, doesn't mean he isn't getting a lot more reps then your typical 3rd string QB. And when you are a borderline playoff team with serviceable QB play, the drop-off between that and where Goff is today (he just isn't ready...if they thought it was minimal, clearly Goff would be starting) is pretty significant. If they were in full blown development mode, I think the answer would be different, but they believe they have enough talent at other positions to win and they still feel long-term, they can develop Goff. If they go 0-4 the next few weeks, then they will immediately just let Goff take his lumps.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 9, 2016 -> 11:03 AM) LOL didn't realize Goff was inactive. So, he needs more reps, he is your future, and you make him 3rd string and inactive. That org is so crazy. Watching hard knocks you forget about all of the washed up coaches they employ. In the grand scheme of things, whether Goff is good or not, it has nothing to do with the preseason. The Rams want to win and think they can and as a result, they believe the current #1 / #2 are better then the future and they are right. Goff was super raw and he has proven nothing but that right now. I think the Rams were crazy to move up, but they don't want to give up their season just handing things to Goff when he isn't ready. That isn't necessarily a bad idea. I know we are all used to top picks starting right away, but if they don't think he's ready, and they feel the rest of their team is playoff caliber (and to be frank, outside of their weak receiving corps, it is) and they can get there with Keenum (while still developing Goff longer term), than that isn't so awful. Awful is whether they drafted the right guy in the first place. Not the fact that he is inactive behind two guys they think are better served right now (while they try and win).

QUOTE (raBBit @ Sep 8, 2016 -> 05:39 PM) That's not the scandal I was referring to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_controversy Colin Powell sure did his best to take us to Iraq and lied about the pretenses that eventually got the US in the war. HRC has supported just above every conflict that has came up when she held office. http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/27/hillar...bya-iraq-syria/ I had long forgotten about whitewater.

Denver's defense is so freaking fast. Panthers oline got destroyed. Did not expect to see such an exciting game. Simeon looked awful, but I always have to remind myself how awful Manning looked last year.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Sep 8, 2016 -> 03:20 PM) Are you really using the length of a career politician's "fairly successful" career as something that makes her a good candidate? I assume you're a big fan of Mitch McConnell and John McCain too? She's covered in fraud every step of the way. She couldn't even smile and wave as first lady, she had to work in a scandal then too. She had to step down from her last position dishonorably. She's corrupt to the core and symbolic of everything that is wrong with our country's politics. Not to mention she's unbearable in her speeches and transgressions...or at least she had been before she fell off the map as the Trump show took over. The only thing that keeps her around is the elite's money, the fact that she's a woman and our country's marriage to bipartisanship. EDIT: Hillary and Powell are both neoconservatives when it comes to waging war. That's why she's getting certain endorsements from the right. That's why many war mongers were extatic when Obama nominated her as SOS. I am not a Hillary fan, but to throw the fact that she had to work in a scandal as the first lady, well, that is a pretty low blow, given she was not directly involved in what lead to that scandal (was tied to her husband). Why is Hillary a neoconservative when it comes to waging war? I also don't view Powell as a war mongerer though.

I take my complaints back. As long as apple give me my free ibuds with the lightning connector when I get my new iphone (I won't get this generation, won't be until the next generation when I'm up) then I am happy

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Sep 8, 2016 -> 10:48 AM) It's not Jose's fault that the offense wasn't able to produce more and keep the Sox competitive until he heated up. I mean if this was a pennant race we'd be praising him for turning it up down the stretch. That said, I had hopes he'd be a 5 WAR player consistently and those hopes have pretty much been dashed. Maybe he'll have a monster line next year but his defense and baserunning are about as bad as advertised so he needs to hit like 300/370/580 to put up that 5 WAR. Can he do it again like his rookie year? Hope so but not banking on it. He looks more like a 2-3 WAR player. Good starter, but not a superstar. He was a 5.5, 3.8 and right now at 2.6. I don't know where you get the 2-3, but I think more likely he is a 3-4 WAR player, maybe a 5 WAR, but seems unlikely he is a 2 WAR player (given even with all his struggles, he'll finish the year somewhere pretty close to 3. He is also on pace for more walks and fewer strikeouts then last year (yes less power as well) but a slightly better average and OBP. We've seen he can still hit for power too.

QUOTE (shipps @ Sep 8, 2016 -> 02:08 PM) Would it hurt to let Larson start the first game and let Whitehair get a little extra time to get acclimated? Larsen is pretty bad.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 8, 2016 -> 09:05 AM) Do you do that often? The Apple ear buds never once stayed in my ears for more than 2 min, I would never ever ever use theirs. And technically BT emits 1000 times less radiation than your phone. I was being largely sarcastic with the radiation part (although I do think about it, I know that every freaking thing emitst that crap so I just pray they come up with a cure for cancer and any other things the increased wireless signal, etc, causes. I use wired headsets and absolutely love the apple earbuds (they are really good cheap earbuds). And regarding the whole charge and listen, I do it when I am traveling for business, but not on a very regular occurrence (not a heavy phone user anyway). I don't really want to spend money on bluetooth headphones (even though I am sure they are darn nice and once I had them I'd be like, why did I wait to get these). Like I said, I'm just really cheap.